British National Party election results

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This article lists the British National Party's election results in the UK parliamentary, Scottish parliamentary and Welsh Assembly elections, as well as in the European Parliament elections and at a local level.

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United Kingdom elections

Summary of general election performance

YearNo. of
candidates
Total votesAverage votes
per candidate
 % of voteChange
(% points)
Saved
deposits
*
No. of MPsRank
1983 5314,6212760.0N/A0017/29 Increase2.svg
1987 25532770.00.00018/18 Decrease2.svg
1992 137,6315870.1+0.10018/27 Steady2.svg
1997 5635,8326400.10.03016/35 Increase2.svg
2001 3347,1291,4280.2+0.17015/34 Increase2.svg
2005 119192,7461,6200.7+0.53408/42 Increase2.svg
2010 338563,7431,6681.9+1.27305/38 Increase2.svg
2015 81,6672080.0−1.90029/50 Decrease2.svg
2017 104,6424060.10.0+0017/? Increase2.svg
2019 15105100.00.1-00TBD

* Note: Until 1985, a deposit was saved on securing 12½% of the votes cast; from 1985, this was reduced to 5%.

General election, 9 June 1983

This was the first general election after the formation of the BNP following the disintegration of the National Front (NF) in the early 1980s. The BNP stood 53 candidates in order to be eligible for the five-minute national television broadcast offered to all parties running fifty candidates or more. Although the party did not anticipate winning any seats (as was the case) the election was pivotal in ensuring that its profile was raised, with 13 million viewers watching the broadcast. [1] The NF itself contested 61 seats, a significant drop from the 303 it had contested in 1979. Only three constituencies (Hackney S & Shoreditch, Islington S & Finsbury and Worthing) were contested by both parties and in all three the NF beat the BNP. However, their combined vote in each of these constituencies was roughly half of what the NF had secured previously.

38 of the seats contested by the BNP had been contested by the NF in 1979. However, the BNP vote in all but one was lower than the NF had previously achieved. (The exception was Carmarthen: NF 149 in 1979; BNP 154 in 1983.)

BNP results ranged from 94 to 632 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.2% to 1.3%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Ashford R Lockwood1950.4
Basingstoke I Wilson3440.6
Beckenham G Younger2030.5
Bolton North East D Ball1860.4
Bournemouth West John Morse 1800.4
Bradford North M Easter1930.4
Broxbourne J Smith5021.0
Carmarthen C Grice1540.3
Chislehurst A Waite2010.5
Ealing North J Shaw3060.6
Edmonton D Bruce3720.8
Eltham P Banks2760.7
Enfield North J Billingham2680.5
Enfield Southgate M Braithwaite3180.7
Epping Forest S Smith3300.7
Erith and Crayford O Hawke2720.7
Glasgow Shettleston K Hill1030.3
Gloucester R Rhodes2600.5
Greenwich I Dell2590.7
Hackney South and Shoreditch Mrs Valerie Tyndall 3741.0
Harborough J Taylor2800.5
Hertford and Stortford G Wiles3040.6
Heywood and Middleton K Henderson3160.8
Ilford South R Martin3160.8
Ipswich A Pearson2350.5
Islington North L Bearsford-Walker1760.5
Islington South and Finsbury D Stentiford940.2
Leeds Central G Cummins3310.9
Leeds West A Braithwaite3340.7
Leicester East R Sutton4590.9
Leicester South C Pickard2800.3
Leicester West Ray Hill 4691.0
Lewisham Deptford P Wilson3170.9
Lewisham East Richard Edmonds 2880.7
Lewisham West R Hoy3360.8
Liverpool Walton D McKechnie3430.7
Loughborough J Peacock2280.4
Manchester Gorton L Andrews2310.5
Milton Keynes R Rickcord2900.5
Orpington L Taylor2150.5
Plymouth Drake C Bradbury1630.4
Ravensbourne A Shotton2420.6
Reading East P Baker1470.3
Stevenage D Bowmaker2360.5
Thanet North B Dobing3240.7
Thurrock R Sinclair2520.6
Wakefield V Parker2950.6
Walsall South J Parker6321.3
Warrington North I Sloan2670.5
Woolwich T Fitz-Gerald3841.0
Worcester K Axon2080.4
Worthing D Monks1030.2
York T Bratten1480.3
Total14,6210.0

[2]


By-elections, 1983–87

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
26 February 1987 Greenwich I B Dell1160.3 [3]

General election, 11 June 1987

With party finances strained, leader John Tyndall decided not to fight this election. [4] The party's Bromley officer Alf Waite and West Kent chief Michael Easter both broke rank and stood as candidates and, despite attempts by Tyndall to maintain unity, some of Waite and Easter's supporters split from the BNP to join the Flag Group after the election. [5]

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Ravensbourne A Waite1840.4
Tonbridge and Malling M Easter3690.6
Total5530.0

[6]


General election, 9 April 1992

Although a wider slate of candidates was put forward than in 1987, the party concentrated its campaigning efforts on the East London constituencies of Bethnal Green and Stepney and Bow and Poplar on the back of some relatively strong performances in local elections in the early 1990s. [7] The party's first elected representative to a borough council, Derek Beackon, would be elected in this area the following year.

BNP results ranged from 121 to 1310 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.3% to 3.6%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Bethnal Green and Stepney Richard Edmonds 1,3103.6
Blaby J Peacock5210.8
Bow and Poplar John Tyndall 1,1073.0
Cardiff North John Morse 1210.3
Clydesdale S Cartwright3420.7
Darlington D Clarke3550.6
Dewsbury Lady Jane Birdwood 6601.1
Edinburgh West D Bruce1330.3
Erewash L Johnson6451.0
Peterborough R Heaton3110.5
Rochdale K Henderson6201.2
Southwark and Bermondsey S Tyler5301.4
Uxbridge M O'Rourke3500.7
Total7,6310.1

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By-elections, 1992–97

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
9 June 1994 Dagenham John Tyndall 1,5117.0 [9]

General election, 1 May 1997

Both Tyndall and Tony Lecomber felt that recruitment of new members was of central importance to the growth of the BNP and it was agreed that a larger scale general election campaign was needed in order to accomplish this. [10] The party spent £60,000 on their election campaign, although ultimately it had no great impact on volume of membership. [11]

BNP results ranged from 149 to 3350 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.4% to 7.5%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Aldershot D Stevens3220.6
Ashfield S Belshaw5951.2
Barking M Toleman8942.7
Batley and Spen R Smith4721.0
Bethnal Green and Bow D King3,3507.5
Bexleyheath and Crayford Ms P Smith4290.9
Birmingham Edgbaston D Campbell4430.9
Birmingham Northfield K Axon3370.9
Birmingham Perry Barr L Windridge5441.2
Blaby J Peacock5231.0
Blackpool North and Fleetwood J Ellis2880.5
Bournemouth West John Morse 1650.4
Bradford West G Osborn8931.8
Bristol North West S Parnell2650.5
Broxbourne D Bruce6101.3
Calder Valley C Jackson4310.8
Carshalton and Wallington G Ritchie2610.5
Charnwood M Palmer5250.9
Chingford and Woodford Green A Gould1,0592.4
Clydesdale K Smith3110.7
Coventry South J Astbury3280.7
Croydon South P Ferguson3540.7
Dagenham W Binding9002.5
Dartford P McHale4240.8
Dewsbury Ms F Taylor2,2325.2
East Ham C Smith1,2583.2
Edmonton B Cowd4371.0
Eltham W Hitches4911.1
Enfield North Mrs Jean Griffin 5901.2
Epping Forest P Henderson7431.4
Erith and Thamesmead V Dooley7181.7
Feltham and Heston R Church6821.5
Gillingham C Jury1950.4
Glasgow Govan J White1490.5
Glasgow Shettleston R Currie1910.6
Hackney South and Shoreditch G Callow5311.6
Harlow J Bowles3190.9
Ilford North P Wilson7551.6
Ilford South A Owens5801.2
Kingswood P Hart2900.5
Leicester West A Belshaw3020.7
Leominster J Haycock2920.6
Mitcham and Morden L Miller5211.1
Morley and Rothwell R Wood3810.8
Old Bexley and Sidcup Mrs Valerie Tyndall 4150.8
Poplar and Canning Town John Tyndall 2,8497.3
Reading East Ms B Packer2380.5
Reading West I Dell3200.7
Rochdale G Bergin6531.4
Romford M Carey5221.2
Rossendale and Darwen A Wearden6741.3
Sherwood P Ballard4320.8
Southwark North and Bermondsey M Davidson7131.8
Stoke-on-Trent Central M Coleman8061.5
Stoke-on-Trent South S Batkin5681.2
Taunton L Andrews3180.5
West Ham Kenneth Francis 1,1983.6
Total35,8320.1

[12]


By-elections, 1997–2001

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
31 July 1997 Uxbridge Ms. F Taylor2050.7 [13]
23 November 2000 Preston Christian Jackson2291.1 [14]
23 November 2000 West Bromwich West Nick Griffin 9744.2 [15]

General election, 7 June 2001

On the back of an intense local campaign that had been bolstered by the tensions around the 2001 Oldham race riots, the BNP secured their best ever general election result in Oldham West and Royton where party leader Nick Griffin secured 16.4% of the vote. [16]

BNP results ranged from 278 to 6,552 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 16.4%.

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Ashton-under-Lyne R Woods1,6174.5
Barking M Tolman1,6066.4
Bethnal Green and Bow M Davidson1,2113.2
Bexleyheath and Crayford C Smith1,4083.5
Birmingham Hodge Hill L Windridge8893.3
Blaby E Scott1,3752.8
Bradford North J Brayshaw1,6134.6
Broxbourne J Cope8482.2
Burnley S Smith4,15111.3
Chingford and Woodford Green Mrs Jean Griffin 1,0622.9
Coventry North East E Sheppard9372.0
Croydon Central L Miller4491.0
Dagenham D Hill1,3785.0
Dewsbury R Smith1,6324.5
Dudley North Simon Darby 1,8824.7
Enfield North R Johns6051.6
Erewash S Belshaw5911.2
Hayes and Harlington G Birch7052.2
Leicester East C Potter7721.9
Lewisham East B Roberts1,0053.3
Mitcham and Morden John Tyndall 6421.7
Newport West T Cavill2780.8
Oldham East and Saddleworth M Treacy5,09111.2
Oldham West and Royton Nick Griffin 6,55216.4
Pendle C Jackson1,9765.0
Poplar and Canning Town P Borg1,7335.1
Romford F McAllister4141.2
Ruislip Northwood I Edwards5471.5
Stoke-on-Trent South S Batkin1,3583.8
Sunderland North D Guynan6872.3
Sunderland South J Dobbie5761.8
Walthamstow W Phillips3891.1
West Bromwich West J Salvage1,4284.5

[17]


General election, 5 May 2005

BNP results ranged from 376 to 5,066 votes. Its share of votes ranged from 0.8% to 17.0%. In total 34 BNP candidates polled 5% or more and saved their deposit. The highest percentage was achieved in Barking by Richard Barnbrook, later to be elected to the London Assembly in 2008 when the BNP passed the 5% threshold and thus qualified for a single seat. [18]

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Aldridge-Brownhills W Vaughan1,6204.1
Amber Valley P Snell1,2432.6
Ashton-under-Lyne A Jones2,0515.5
Barking Richard Barnbrook 4,91617.0
Barnsley Central G Broadley1,4034.9
Basildon Miss E Colgate20554.8
Basingstoke R Robertson8211.7
Batley and Spen C Auty2,6686.8
Bexleyheath and Crayford Jay Lee 1,2452.9
Billericay B Robinson1,4352.9
Birmingham Erdington Sharon Ebanks 1,5124.8
Birmingham Hodge Hill D Adams1,4455.1
Birmingham Northfield M Cattell1,2784.1
Birmingham Yardley R Purcell1,5235.2
Blaby M Robinson1,7043.5
Blackburn N Holt2,2635.4
Blackpool South R Goodwin1,1132.9
Boston and Skegness Ms W Russell1,0252.5
Bradford North Ms L Cromie2,0616.0
Bradford South J Lewthwaite2,8627.8
Bradford West Paul Cromie2,5256.9
Broxbourne A Emerson1,9294.7
Burnley L Starr4,00310.3
Burton Ms J Russell1,8403.8
Bury North S Clough1,7904.0
Calder Valley J Gregory1,8874.0
Charnwood A Holders1,7373.4
Cheadle R Chadfield4210.9
Colne Valley B Fowler1,4302.9
Coventry North West D Clarke1,5563.6
Crawley R Trower1,2773.0
Dagenham Lawrence Rustem2,8709.3
Denton and Reddish J Edgar1,3263.7
Derbyshire South D Joines1,7973.2
Dewsbury D Exley5,06613.1
Doncaster Central J Wilkinson1,2393.6
Doncaster North L Hagan1,5064.8
Dudley North Simon Darby 4,0229.7
Dudley South J Salvage1,8414.7
Easington I McDonald1,0423.3
Elmet Ms T Andrews1,2312.6
Eltham B Roberts9792.8
Enfield North T Farr1,0042.5
Epping Forest J Leppert1,7283.9
Erewash Mrs S Graham1,3192.6
Erith and Thamesmead B Ravenscroft1,6204.3
Glasgow Central W Hamilton6712.4
Glasgow North East S McLean9203.2
Great Grimsby S Fyfe1,3384.1
Halifax G Wallace2,6276.6
Haltemprice and Howden J Mainprize7981.7
Harrogate and Knaresborough C Banner4661.1
Havant I Johnson6521.4
Hayes and Harlington T Hazel8302.6
Heywood and Middleton G Aronsson1,8554.7
Hornchurch I Moore1,3133.4
Houghton and Washington East J Richardson1,3673.9
Huddersfield K Hanson1,0363.0
Hyndburn C Jackson2,4446.2
Keighley Nick Griffin 4,2409.2
Kingston upon Hull East A Siddle1,0223.3
Kingston upon Hull North B Wainwright7662.6
Knowsley North and Sefton East M McDermott8722.4
Leeds Central Mark Collett 1,2014.1
Leeds West Mrs J Day1,1673.5
Leicestershire North West C Potter1,4743.1
Maidenhead T Rait7041.5
Makerfield D Shambley1,2213.4
Middlesbrough R Armes8192.5
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland G Groves1,0992.5
Morley and Rothwell C Beverley2,2715.3
Newcastle-under-Lyme J Dawson1,3903.5
Normanton J Aveyard1,9675.3
Old Bexley and Sidcup Miss C Sayers1,2272.8
Oldham East and Saddleworth M Treacy2,1094.9
Oldham West and Royton Mrs A Corbett2,6066.9
Pendle T Boocock2,5476.2
Pontefract and Castleford Ms S Cass1,8355.6
Poole P Pirnie5471.4
Redcar A Harris9852.5
Rochdale D Adams1,7734.3
Romford J McCaffrey1,0883.0
Rossendale and Darwen Anthony Wentworth 1,7363.9
Rother Valley N Cass2,0205.1
Rotherham Mrs M Guest1,9866.6
Sheffield Attercliffe Mrs B Jones1,4774.0
Sheffield Brightside C Hartigan1,5376.2
Sheffield Central M Payne5391.8
Sheffield Hallam I Senior4691.2
Sheffield Heeley J Beatson1,3143.9
Sheffield Hillsborough D Wright2,0104.4
Shipley T Linden2,0004.2
Solihull Mrs D Carr1,7523.3
Stalybridge and Hyde N Byrne1,3994.0
Stockton North K Hughes9862.7
Stoke-on-Trent Central M Coleman2,1787.8
Stoke-on-Trent North S Cartlidge2,1326.9
Stoke-on-Trent South M Leat3,3058.7
Sunderland North Miss D Hiles1,1363.9
Sunderland South D Guynan1,1663.8
Swansea East K Holloway7702.5
Thurrock N Geri2,5265.8
Tyne Bridge K Scott1,0724.1
Upminster C Roberts11733.4
Uxbridge C le May7632.2
Wakefield G Rowe1,3283.1
Walsall North W Locke1,9926.0
Walsall South K Smith1,7765.0
Warley Simon Smith1,7615.5
Warwickshire North Ms M Mackenzie1,9104.1
Wentworth J Pygott1,7985.1
West Bromwich East C Butler2,3296.6
West Bromwich West J Lloyd3,4569.9
Weston-super-Mare C Courtney7781.6
Wokingham R Colborne3760.8
Wolverhampton South West E Mullins9832.4
Woodspring M Howson6331.2
Worcester M Roberts9802.1
Wrexham J Walker9193.0
Total192,7460.7

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By-elections, 2005–10

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
19 July 2007 Sedgefield Andrew Spence2,4948.9 [20]
26 June 2008 Henley Timothy Rait1,2433.6 [21]
23 July 2009 Norwich North Rev. Robert West 9412.7 [22]
12 November 2009 Glasgow North East Charlie Baillie1,0134.9 [23]

General election, 6 May 2010

The BNP fielded 338 candidates [24] (including 19 in Wales and 14 in Scotland but none in Northern Ireland), nearly three times the number in 2005. Leader Nick Griffin came third in Barking – the constituency it had targeted heavily – while the party lost all 12 of its seats on Barking and Dagenham council. In total 73 BNP candidates polled 5% or more and saved their deposit. The election results followed a campaign in which the BNP website was closed down by its designer, the party's publicity director was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill Griffin and a candidate in London was filmed fighting in the street with a group of Asian teenagers. [25] Votes polled ranged from 150 to 6,620. The percentage of votes ranged from 0.4% to 14.6%. The average was 1.9%. [26]

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Aberavon Kevin Edwards1,2764.1
Aberdeen North Roy Jones6351.7
Aberdeen South Susan Ross5291.2
Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine Gary Raikes 5131.1
Alyn and Deeside John Walker1,3683.4
Amber Valley Michael Clarke3,1957.0
Ashfield Edward Holmes2,7815.8
Ashton-under-Lyne David Lomas2,9297.6
Banff and Buchan Richard Payne1,0102.6
Barking Nick Griffin 6,62014.6
Barnsley Central Ian Sutton3,3078.9
Barnsley East Colin Porter3,3018.6
Barrow and Furness Mike Ashburner8401.9
Basildon and Billericay Irene Bateman1,9344.6
Basildon South and Thurrock East Chris Roberts2,5185.6
Batley and Spen David Exley3,6857.1
Beckenham Roger Tonks1,0012.1
Bedford William Dewick7571.7
Bedfordshire North East Ian Seeby1,2652.3
Bedfordshire South West Mark Tolman1,7033.4
Bermondsey and Old Southwark Stephen Tyler1,3703.1
Berwick-upon-Tweed Peter Mailer 1,2133.2
Bethnal Green and Bow Jeffrey Marshall1,4052.8
Beverley and Holderness Neil Whitelam2,0803.9
Bexhill and Battle Neil Jackson1,9503.6
Bexleyheath and Crayford Stephen James2,0424.7
Birmingham Edgbaston Trevor Lloyd1,1962.9
Birmingham Erdington Kevin McHugh1,8155.1
Birmingham Hodge Hill Richard Lumby2,3335.5
Birmingham Northfield Les Orton2,2905.5
Birmingham Selly Oak Lynette Orton1,8203.9
Birmingham Yardley Tanya Lumby2,1535.3
Bishop Auckland Adam Walker 2,0364.9
Blackburn Robin Evans2,1584.7
Blackley and Broughton Derek Adams2,4697.2
Blackpool North & Cleveleys James Clayton1,5563.8
Blackpool South Roy Goodwin1,4824.2
Blaenau Gwent Anthony King1,2113.7
Blaydon Keith McFarlane2,2775.1
Blyth Valley Steve Fairburn1,6994.4
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Andrew Moffat1,8904.0
Bolsover Martin Radford2,6406.0
Bolton South East Shelia Spink2,0125.1
Bootle Charles Stewart9422.3
Boston and Skegness David Owens2,2785.3
Bosworth John Ryde2,4584.5
Bracknell Mark Burke1,2532.4
Bradford East Neville Poynton1,8544.6
Bradford South Sharon Sutton2,6517.0
Bradford West Jenny Sampson1,3703.4
Braintree Paul Hooks1,0802.2
Brentford and Isleworth Paul Winnet7041.3
Brentwood and Ongar Paul Morris1,4472.9
Bridgend Brian Urch1,0202.7
Bridgwater and West Somerset Donna Treanor1,2822.4
Brigg and Goole Steve Ward1,4983.4
Bristol East Brian Jenkins1,9604.4
Bristol South Colin Chidsey1,7393.6
Broadland Edith Crowther8711.7
Bromley and Chislehurst Rowena Savage1,0702.4
Bromsgrove Elizabeth Wainwright1,9233.7
Broxbourne Steve McCole2,1594.7
Broxtowe Michael Shore1,4222.7
Buckingham Lynne Mozar9802.0
Burnley Sharon Wilkinson3,7479.0
Burton Alan Hewitt2,4094.8
Bury North John Maude1,8254.1
Bury South Jean Purdy1,7433.6
Caerphilly Laurence Reid1,6354.2
Calder Valley John Gregory1,8233.5
Cambridgeshire North East Susan Clapp1,7473.3
Cannock Chase Terence Majorowicz2,1684.8
Carlisle Paul Stafford1,0862.6
Carshalton and Wallington Charlotte Lewis1,1002.4
Castle Point Phil Howell2,2054.9
Charnwood Cathy Duffy3,1165.8
Chatham and Aylesford Colin McCarthy-Stewart1,3653.1
Chelmsford Mike Bateman8991.6
Cheslea and Fulham Brian MacDonald3881.0
Chingford and Woodford Green Julian Leppert1,2883.0
Chippenham Michael Simpkins6411.2
Clacton Jim Taylor1,9754.6
Clwyd South Sarah Hynes1,1003.2
Colchester Sidney Chaney7051.5
Colne Valley Barry Fowler1,8933.4
Copeland Clive Jefferson1,4743.4
Corby Roy Davies2,5254.7
Coventry North East Tom Gower1,8633.4
Coventry North West Edward Sheppard1,6663.6
Crawley Richard Trower1,6723.5
Crewe and Nantwich Phil Williams1,0432.0
Croydon Central Cliff Le May1,4482.9
Dagenham and Rainham Michael Barnbrook4,95211.2
Darlington Amanda Foster1,2622.9
Delyn Jennifer Matthys8442.3
Derby North Peter Cheeseman2,0004.4
Derbyshire Mid Lewis Allsebrook1,6983.6
Derbyshire South Peter Jarvis2,1934.3
Devon North Gary Marshall6141.2
Devon West and Torridge Nick Baker7661.4
Dewsbury Roger Roberts3,2656.0
Don Valley Erwin Toseland2,1124.9
Doncaster Central John Bettney1,7624.2
Doncaster North Pamela Chambers2,8186.8
Dover Dennis Whiting1,1042.2
Dudley North Ken Griffiths1,8994.9
Durham, City of Ralph Musgrave1,1532.5
Durham North Peter Molloy1,6864.1
Durham North West Michael Stewart1,8524.2
Ealing North Dave Furness1,0452.2
Easington Cheryl Dunn2,3176.6
Eastbourne Colin Poulter9391.8
Elmet and Rothwell Sam Clayton1,8023.2
Eltham Roberta Woods1,7454.2
Enfield North Tony Avery1,2282.8
Epping Forest Patricia Richardson 1,9824.3
Erewash Mark Bailey2,3374.9
Erith and Thamesmead Kevin Saunders2,1845.1
Exeter Robert Farmer6731.3
Feltham and Heston John Donnelly1,7143.5
Filton and Bradley Stoke David Scott1,3282.7
Folkestone and Hythe Harry Williams1,6623.1
Gainsborough Malcolm Porter1,5123.1
Gateshead Kevin Scott1,7874.7
Gedling Stephen Adcock1,5983.3
Gillingham and Rainham Brian Ravenscroft1,1492.5
Glasgow Central Ian Holt6162.0
Glasgow East Joseph Finnie6772.1
Glasgow North Thomas Main2961.0
Glasgow North East Walter Hamilton7982.7
Glasgow North West Scott McLean6992.0
Glasgow South Mike Coyle6371.6
Glasgow South West David Orr Jnr8412.6
Gordon Elise Jones6991.4
Gosport Barry Bennett1,0042.1
Gower Adrian Jones9632.3
Grantham and Stamford Christopher Robinson2,4854.7
Great Grimsby Steve Fyfe1,5174.6
Great Yarmouth Bosco Tann1,4213.3
Greenwich and Woolwich Lawrence Rustem1,1512.8
Halifax Tom Bates2,7606.3
Haltemprice and Howden James Cornell1,5833.2
Halton Andrew Taylor1,5633.8
Hammersmith Lawrence Searle4320.9
Hampstead and Kilburn Victoria Moore3280.6
Harborough Geoff Dickens1,7153.1
Harlow Eddy Butler 1,7394.0
Harrogate and Knaresborough Steven Gill1,0942.1
Hartlepool Ronnie Bage2,0025.2
Harwich and North Essex Stephen Robey1,0652.2
Hastings and Rye Nicholas Prince1,3102.6
Hayes and Harlington Chris Forster1,5203.6
Hemel Hempstead Janet Price1,6153.3
Hemsworth Ian Kitchen3,0597.0
Henley John Bews1,0201.9
Hereford & Herefordshire South John Oliver9862.0
Hertford and Stortford Roy Harris1,2972.3
Hertfordshire South West Deirdre Gates1,3022.3
Hertsmere Daniel Seabrook1,3973.0
Hexham Quentin Hawkins1,2052.8
Heywood and Middleton Peter Greenwood3,2397.0
Holborn and St Pancras Robert Carlyle7791.4
Hornchurch and Upminster William Whelpley3,4216.4
Houghton and Sunderland South Karen Allen1,9615.4
Huddersfield Rachel Firth1,5633.9
Hyndburn David Shapcott2,1375.0
Ilford North Danny Warville1,5453.3
Ipswich Dennis Boater1,2702.7
Isle of Wight Geof Clynch1,4572.1
Islwyn John Voisey1,3203.8
Jarrow Andy Swaddle2,7097.0
Keighley Andrew Brons 1,9624.1
Kettering Clive Skinner1,3662.9
Kingston upon Hull North John Mainprize1,4434.3
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Edward Scott1,4164.5
Kingswood Michael Carey1,3112.7
Knowsley Steven Greenhalgh1,8954.2
Lancaster and Fleetwood Debra Kent9382.2
Leeds Central Kevin Meeson3,0668.2
Leeds East Trevor Brown2,9477.8
Leeds North East Tom Redmond7581.6
Leeds North West Geoffrey Bulmer7661.8
Leeds West Joanna Beverley2,3776.1
Leicester East Colin Gilmore1,7003.5
Leicester South Adrian Waudby1,4183.0
Leicester West Gary Reynolds2,1586.0
Leicestershire North West Ian Meller3,3966.5
Leicestershire South Paul Preston2,7215.0
Leigh Gary Chadwick2,7245.8
Lewes David Lloyd5941.2
Leyton and Wanstead Jim Clift5611.4
Lincoln Robert West 1,3673.0
Liverpool Riverside Peter Stafford7061.8
Liverpool Walton Peter Stafford1,1043.2
Liverpool Wavertree Steven McEllenborough1500.4
Livingston David Orr9602.0
Loughborough Kevan Stafford2,0403.9
Louth and Horncastle Julia Green2,1994.4
Ludlow Christina Evans1,0162.1
Luton North Shelley Rose1,3163.1
Luton South Tony Blakey1,2993.1
Maidenhead Tim Rait8251.5
Makerfield Ken Haslam3,2297.4
Maldon Len Blaine1,4543.1
Manchester Central Tony Trebilcock1,6364.1
Mansfield Rachel Hill2,1084.4
Meriden Frank O'Brien2,5114.8
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Richard Barnes1,1733.7
Middlesbrough Michael Ferguson1,9545.8
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East Shaun Gatley1,5763.4
Milton Keynes North Richard Hamilton1,1542.1
Milton Keynes South Matthew Tait1,5022.7
Mitcham and Morden Tony Martin1,3863.2
Morley and Outwood Chris Beverley3,5357.2
Neath Michael Green1,3423.6
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Ken Booth2,3026.7
Newcastle upon Tyne East Alan Spence1,3423.5
Newcastle upon Tyne North Terry Gibson1,8904.3
Newport East Keith Jones1,1683.4
Newport West Timothy Windsor1,1833.0
Norfolk Mid Christine Kelly1,2612.5
Norfolk North West David Fleming1,8393.8
Norfolk South Helen Mitchell1,0862.0
Norfolk South West Dennis Pearce1,7743.6
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Graham Thewlis-Hardy3,8648.4
Northampton North Ray Beasley1,3163.3
Norwich North Thomas Richardson7471.8
Norwich South Len Heather6971.5
Nottingham North Bob Brindley1,9445.7
Nottingham South Tony Woodward1,1402.8
Nuneaton Martyn Findley2,7976.3
Ogmore Kay Thomas1,2423.6
Old Bexley and Sidcup John Brooks2,1324.7
Oldham East and Saddleworth Alwyn Scott2,5465.7
Oldham West and Royton Dave Joines3,0497.1
Orpington Tess Cullnane1,2412.5
Pendle James Jackman2,8946.4
Penistone and Stocksbridge Paul James2,2074.7
Penrith and The Border Chris Davidson1,0932.4
Plymouth Moor View Roy Cook1,4383.5
Poole David Holmes1,1882.5
Portsmouth South Geoff Crompton8732.1
Pudsey Ian Gibson1,5493.2
Putney Peter Darby4591.1
Rayleigh and Wickford Tony Evennett2,1604.1
Redcar Kevin Broughton1,4753.5
Redditch Andy Ingram1,3943.2
Reigate Keith Brown1,3452.7
Rochford and Southend East Geoff Strobridge1,8564.5
Romford Robert Bailey2,4385.2
Rother Valley Will Blair3,6167.7
Rotherham Marlene Guest3,90610.4
Rugby Mark Badrick1,3752.9
Rutland and Melton Keith Addison1,7573.2
Saffron Walden Christine Mitchell1,0501.9
St Austell and Newquay James Fitton1,0222.2
St Helens South and Whiston James Winstanley2,0404.4
Salisbury Sean Witheridge7651.6
Salford and Eccles Tina Wingfield 2,6326.3
Scarborough and Whitby Trisha Scott1,4452.9
Scunthorpe Douglas Ward1,4473.9
Sedgefield Mark Walker2,0755.2
Selby and Ainsty Duncan Lorriman1,3772.7
Sevenoaks Paul Golding 1,3842.8
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough John Sheldon3,0267.8
Sheffield Central Tracey Smith9032.2
Sheffield Heeley John Beatson2,2605.5
Sheffield South East Christopher Hartigan2,3455.7
Sherwood James North1,7543.6
Shrewsbury and Atcham James Whittall1,1682.2
Shropshire North Phil Reddall1,6673.2
Sittingbourne and Sheppey Lawrence Tames1,3052.7
Skipton and Ripon Bernard Allen1,4032.6
Sleaford and North Hykeham Mike Clayton1,9773.3
Solihull Andrew Terry1,6242.9
South Holland and The Deepings Roy Harban1,7963.6
South Ribble Rosalind Gauci1,0542.0
South Shields Donna Watson2,3826.5
Southend West Tony Gladwin1,3333.1
Stafford Roland Hynd1,1032.2
Staffordshire South David Bradnock1,9283.8
Stalybridge and Hyde Anthony Jones2,2595.5
Stevenage Andrew Green1,0072.3
Stockport Duncan Warner1,2013.1
Stockton North James MacPherson1,7244.4
Stockton South Neil Sinclair1,5533.1
Stoke-on-Trent Central Simon Darby 2,5027.7
Stoke-on-Trent North Melanie Baddeley3,1968.0
Stoke-on-Trent South Michael Coleman3,7629.4
Stourbridge Robert Weale1,6963.6
Stratford-on-Avon George Jones1,0972.2
Suffolk West Ramon Johns1,4283.0
Sunderland Central John McCaffrey1,9134.5
Surrey South West Helen Hamilton6441.1
Sussex Mid Stuart Minihane5831.0
Sutton and Cheam John Clarke1,0142.1
Sutton Coldfield Robert Grierson1,7493.5
Swansea East Clive Bennett1,7155.2
Swansea West Alan Bateman9102.6
Swindon North Reginald Bates1,5423.1
Telford Phil Spencer1,5133.7
Thurrock Emma Colgate3,6187.9
Torbay Ann Conway7091.4
Torfaen Jennifer Noble1,6574.4
Totnes Mike Turner6241.3
Tunbridge Wells Andrew Mcbride7041.4
Twickenham Chris Hurst6541.1
Tynemouth Dorothy Brooke1,4042.7
Tyneside North John Burrows1,8604.0
Uxbridge and South Ruislip Dianne Neal1,3963.1
Vale of Clwyd Ian Si'Ree8272.3
Wakefield Ian Senior2,5815.8
Walsall North Christopher Woodall2,9308.1
Wansbeck Stephen Finlay1,4183.7
Warwickshire North Jason Holmes2,1064.5
Washington and Sunderland West Ian McDonald1,9135.1
Watford Andrew Emerson1,2172.2
Weaver Vale Colin Marsh1,0632.4
Wellingborough Rob Walker1,5963.1
Wells Richard Boyce1,0041.8
Wentworth and Dearne George Baldwin3,1897.6
West Bromwich East Terry Lewin2,2055.8
West Bromwich West Russ Green3,3949.4
Westminster North Stephen Curry3340.8
Weston-Super-Mare Peryn Parsons1,0982.1
Wigan Charles Mather2,5065.7
Windsor Peter Phillips9501.9
Wolverhampton North East Simon Patten2,2966.6
Worcester Spencer Lee Kirby1,2192.5
Workington Martin Wingfield 1,4963.8
Wrekin, The Susan Harwood1,5053.3
Wrexham Melvin Roberts1,1343.4
Wyre Forest Gordon Howells1,1202.2
Wythenshawe and Sale East Bernard Todd1,5723.9
Yeovil Robert Baehr1,1622.0
York Central Jeff Kelly1,1712.5
York Outer Cathy Smurthwaite9561.8
Yorkshire East Gary Pudsey1,8653.6
Total563,7431.9

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By-elections, 2010–15

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
13 January 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth Derek Adams1,4604.5 [28]
3 March 2011 Barnsley Central Enis Dalton1,4636.0 [29]
15 December 2011 Feltham and Heston David Furness5402.3 [30]
15 November 2012 Corby Gordon Ridell6141.7 [31]
15 November 2012 Manchester Central Eddy O' Sullivan4923.0 [32]
29 November 2012 Rotherham Marlene Guest1,8048.5 [33]
29 November 2012 Middlesbrough Peter Foreman3281.9 [33]
2 May 2013 South Shields Lady D MacBeth Brookes7112.9 [34]
13 February 2014 Wythenshawe and Sale East Eddy O'Sullivan7083.0 [35]

General election, 7 May 2015

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Boston & Skegness Robert West 1190.3 [36]
Braintree Paul Hooks1080.2 [37]
Charnwood Cathy Duffy4890.9 [38]
Dagenham & Rainham Tess Culnane1510.4 [39]
Hornchurch & Upminster Paul Borg1930.3 [40]
Kingswood Julie Lake1640.3 [41]
Old Bexley & Sidcup Nicola Finch2180.5 [42]
Rotherham Adam Walker 2250.6 [43]
Total1,6670.0 [44]

By-elections, 2015—2017

Date of electionConstituencyCandidateVotes %
20 October 2016 Batley & Spen David Furness5482.7 [45]
23 February 2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central David Furness1240.6 [46]

General election, 8 June 2017

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Basildon South & Thurrock East Paul Borg3830.8 [47]
Bexleyheath & Crayford Peter Finch2900.6 [48]
Bishop Auckland Adam Walker 9912.3 [49]
Charnwood Stephen Denham3220.6 [50]
Dagenham & Rainham Paul Sturdy2390.5 [51]
Eltham John Clarke7381.6 [52]
Hornchurch & Upminster David Furness3800.7 [53]
Maldon Richard Perry2570.5 [54]
Old Bexley & Sidcup Michael Jones3240.7 [55]
Pendle Brian Parker 7181.6 [56]
Total4,642

General election, 12 December 2019

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Hornchurch & Upminster David Furness5100.9 [57]
Total5100.0

London Assembly and Mayor elections

Mayor of London

Election year# of
overall votes
 % of
overall vote
+/–candidate
2000 33,5692.0% (#7)Increase2.svgMichael Newland
2004 58,4073.1% (#6)Increase2.svgJulian Leppert
2008 69,7103.2% (#5)Increase2.svg Richard Barnbrook
2012 28,7511.3% (#7)Decrease2.svgCarlos Cortiglia
2016 13,3250.5% (#10)Decrease2.svgDavid Furness

London Assembly

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 % of
overall vote
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# of
overall seats
+/–
2000 47,6702.8% (#6)
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2004 90,3654.71 (#6)
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2008 130,7145.3% (#5)
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2012 47,0242.1% (#6)
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2016 15,8330.6% (#11)
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Local elections

The BNP's first electoral success came in 1993, when Derek Beackon was returned as a councillor in Millwall, London. He lost his seat in elections the following year. The next BNP success in local elections was not until the 2002 local elections, [58] when three BNP candidates gained seats on Burnley council. [59] [60]

Later in 2003, the BNP won two local by-elections. In the Heckmondwike ward of Kirklees Council in August, David Exley polled 1,607 votes (44%). In September, Nick Geri won the Grays Riverside ward of Thurrock council, polling 552 votes (38%). [59] Later in Burnley, the number of councillors increased, making the BNP briefly the second largest party and the official opposition on that council, a position it lost after the resignation of a BNP councillor who had been disciplined by the party. The BNP stood in the subsequent by-election.

The party's biggest election success to date was a gain of 52% of the vote in the Goresbrook ward of Barking in the 2004 local elections. The victorious councillor, Daniel Kelley, retired just 10 months later, claiming he had been an outcast within the council. A new election was held in June 2005, in which the seat was regained by the Labour candidate. [62]

The biggest gain in the local elections on 4 May 2006, was in Barking and Dagenham where the BNP gained 17% of the vote. [64] The party also won three seats in Epping Forest, three in Stoke-on-Trent, three in Sandwell, two in Burnley, two in Kirklees, and single seats in Bradford, Havering, Solihull, Redditch, Redbridge, Pendle and Leeds. [65] [66] The same year, the BNP also gained its first parish councillor in Wales when Mike Howard of Rhewl Mostyn, Flintshire, previously an Independent, joined the BNP. [67] [68]

In summary of BNP councillors from 2000 to 2007: from 2000 to 2001 the BNP had none, in 2002 it had three, by 2003 it had 16 local councillors, this increased to 21 by 2005, in 2006 the biggest gain saw BNP's councillors rise to 48, and by 2007 to 50. [59] [69]

In 2007, the number of BNP councillors fell slowly due to resignations and expulsions, several of them associated with a failed leadership challenge in the summer. By the end of the year, the number was 42. In 2008, however, the BNP increased its councillors to 55.

The BNP did not field as many candidates for the 2009 local elections, because of its focus on the European Parliament election the same year, but for the first time won representation at county council level, winning three such seats. [70] A seat in a local by-election in Sevenoaks district, Kent, was also won by the BNP.

About four BNP councillors resigned at the end of 2009, leaving the party with 54 councillors by 2010. [59] In the May 2010 local elections, 26 BNP councillors lost their seats, leaving the party with 28 seats overall. In Barking and Dagenham, the party lost all 12 seats won in 2006. [71]

Between the 2011 and 2012 elections, the BNP lost a number of councillors to resignations, such as in Nuneaton and Bedworth [75] and Amber Valley. [76] This left them with 8 councillors [77] in the run-up to the 2012 election.

In the 2012 local elections, the BNP polled an average of 9% across 59 council wards, and lost all 6 seats that it was defending in that election. [78] They were left with 2 seats in areas without contests.

In the 2013 elections, the BNP fielded 99 candidates and was defending one seat in Lancashire. [79] The party lost its only county council seat and did not gain any others, leaving it with just 2 borough seats in Charnwood and Pendle. [80]

In 2014, the party retained its seat in Pendle, winning by just 6 votes. [81] In the London local elections, the party ran 32 candidates- six in Enfield, five in Croydon and Greenwich, four in Barking and Dagenham, three in Bexley, two in Bromley, Ealing, Havering and Hillingdon, and one in Kingston upon Thames. [82] Their most successful candidate was Kevin Layzell in Havering, who received 556 votes. Overall, the party received 8,222 votes, 0.3%, and no candidate was elected. Elsewhere. the party ran a total of 61 candidates; 41 in metropolitan boroughs (thirteen in Coventry City Council, seven in Stockport, five in Salford, three in St Helens and Birmingham, two each in Manchester, Tameside and Wolverhampton, and one each in Bolton, Dudley, Walsall and Wigan), 2 in unitary authorities (both in Derby) and 18 in non-metropolitan districts (eight in Worcestershire, three in Nuneaton and Bedworth, two each in Amber Valley, Burnley and Pendle, and one in Exeter). [83] Their best performance was in Stockport, where Paul Bennett received 419 votes. The party received 8,505 votes overall and did not win any new seats, but successfully defended their seat in Pendle.

In 2015, the BNP sought re-election to their Charnwood seat. Incumbent councillor Catherine Ann Marie Duffy was defeated by 185 votes. [84] Nationally, 16 BNP candidates stood for election; 3 in metropolitan boroughs (two in Salford, one in Manchester), 1 in unitary authorities (Derby) and 12 in non-metropolitan districts (four in Worcester City, two in Northampton borough, and one each in Charnwood, East Northamptonshire, Maldon, Burnley, Exeter and Pendle). [85] The party received 2,074 votes, their best result being the seat they were defending in Charnwood. They gained no new seats and lost the one they were defending.

In the 2016 elections, the party fielded two candidates in Burnley, [86] and one each in Barnsley, [87] Tameside, [88] Havant [89] and Pendle. [90] They received a combined total of 1,005 votes, and none were elected.

In the 2017 local elections, the BNP ran seven candidates; five in Essex (two in Pitsea, [91] one in Halstead, [92] one in Maldon [93] and one in Heybridge & Tollesbury [93] ), one in Hampshire (Hayling Island [94] ) and one in Lincolnshire (Louth South [95] ). They received a combined total of 923 votes and none of them were elected.

The last remaining BNP councilor, Brian Parker of Pendle, did not run for re-election in 2018. Since no other candidates were elected, this marked the first time since 2002 that the party had no elected representation. [96] Nationally, the party focused on that year's London local elections. It ran fifteen candidates overall; five in Bexley, three in Croydon, two in Barking and Dagenham, and one each in Ealing, Greenwich, Havering, Hillingdon and Lewisham. [97] Their best single candidate performance was in Bexley, where Michael Jones received 398 votes. Overall, the party received a combined total of 2,329 votes, 0.1% of the total, and no candidate was elected. Elsewhere, the party only fielded one candidate, in Exeter, [98] who received 34 votes and was not elected.

The BNP ran just two candidates in the 2019 local elections, one in Sevenoaks [99] and one in Broxbourne. [100] They received a combined total of 317 votes and neither were elected.

The party ran 2 candidates in the 2021 local elections; [101] one in a by-election for Croydon and one in West Northamptonshire. [102] [103] They received a combined total of 147 votes and neither were elected.

European Parliament

The 1999 European elections were the first time European elections contested by the BNP which qualified for a party electoral broadcast after standing in every region except Wales. With regional votes of between 0.4% and 1.7% (1.13% nationally), it failed to win any seats and lost all its deposits.

In the 2004 European elections, the BNP vote increased by 3.9%, saving deposits in every region except Scotland. No seats were taken.

In the 2009 European elections, the BNP won two seats. Andrew Brons was elected in the Yorkshire and the Humber with 9.8% of the vote [104] and Nick Griffin in North West England, with 8% of the vote. [105] Nationally, the BNP received 6.26%.

In the 2014 European elections, the BNP's share of the vote collapsed nationally to 1.1%. [106] Brons had already left the BNP to set up the British Democratic Party and did not stand. Griffin failed to be re-elected.

They did not run any candidates in the 2019 European elections.

1999 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands 9,3421.3n/a0
East of England 9,3560.9n/a0
London 17,9601.6n/a0
North East England 3,5050.9n/a0
North West England 13,5871.3n/a0
Scotland 3,7290.4n/a0
South East England 12,1610.8n/a0
South West England 9,7520.9n/a0
West Midlands 14,3441.7n/a0
Yorkshire and the Humber 8,9111.2n/a0
Total102,6471.13n/a0

2004 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands 91,8606.5+5.20
East of England 65,5574.3+3.40
London 76,1524.0+2.50
North East England 50,2496.4+5.50
North West England 134,9596.4+5.10
Scotland 19,4271.7+1.30
South East England 64,8772.9+2.10
South West England 43,6533.0+2.10
Wales 27,1352.9n/a0
West Midlands 107,7947.5+5.80
Yorkshire and the Humber 126,5388.0+6.80
Total808,2004.9+3.90

2009 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands 106,3198.7+2.10
East of England 97,0136.1+1.70
London 86,4204.9+0.90
North East England 52,7008.9+2.50
North West England 132,1948.0+1.61
Scotland 27,1742.5+0.80
South East England 101,7694.4+1.40
South West England 60,8893.9+0.90
Wales 37,1145.4+2.50
West Midlands 121,9678.6+1.10
Yorkshire and the Humber 120,1399.8+1.81
Total943,5986.2+1.32

2014 European elections

Regional listsVotes %+/- %MEPs
East Midlands 18,3261.6−7.00
East of England 12,4650.8−5.30
London 19,2460.9−4.10
North East England 10,3601.7−7.20
North West England 32,8261.9−6.1−1
Scotland 10,2160.8−1.70
South East England 16,9090.7−3.60
South West England 10,9100.7−3.20
Wales 7,6551.0−4.40
West Midlands 20,6431.5−7.10
Yorkshire and the Humber 20,1381.6−8.20
Total179,6941.1-5.10

Scottish Parliament

In UK parliamentary elections, the BNP had only ever contested six Scottish seats – Clydesdale (1992 and 1997), Edinburgh West (1992), Glasgow Central (2005), Glasgow Govan (1997), Glasgow North East (2005, 2009 by election) and Glasgow Shettleston (1983 and 1997) – until the 2010 General election, when it contested 13 which covered all Glasgow constituencies and parts of the north-east but failed to save any deposits.

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, the BNP only stood one candidate, Peter Appleby, [107] in the Glasgow electoral region; he polled 2,344 votes (1.1%), 0.001% of the nationwide vote.

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the BNP competed in all the Scottish Parliamentary electoral regions, polling 1.2% of the vote (seventh place). It failed to save any of its deposits.

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the BNP fielded 32 candidates – four in each of the eight electoral regions. It gained 15,580 votes (0.78%) throughout Scotland ending in 11th place. The party lost all deposits in all regions with no elected members and its nationwide vote fell by 0.42%, being beaten by UKIP, the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, the Scottish Christian Party and the Socialist Labour Party.

They did not run any candidates in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Scottish Parliament election (3 May 2007)

Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Central Scotland 4,1251.4n/a
Glasgow 3,8651.9+0.8
Highlands and Islands 2,1521.2n/a
Lothians 2,6370.9n/a
Mid Scotland and Fife 2,6201.0n/a
North East Scotland 2,7641.1n/a
South of Scotland 3,2121.2n/a
West of Scotland 3,2411.2n/a
Total24,6161.2+1.2

Source: BBC News [108]

Scottish Parliament election (5 May 2011)

Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Central Scotland 2,2140.9−0.5
Glasgow 2,4241.2−0.7
Highlands and Islands 1,1340.6−0.5
Lothian 1,9780.7−0.2
Mid Scotland and Fife 1,7260.7−0.3
North East Scotland 1,9250.7−0.3
South Scotland 2,0170.7−0.4
West Scotland 2,1620.8−0.5
Total15,5800.78-0.42

Source: BBC News [109]

National Assembly for Wales/Senedd

In the 2003 Assembly election, the BNP only stood one candidate, Pauline Gregory, [107] in the South Wales East region, who obtained 3,210 votes (1.89%) (less than 0.01% of the total).

In the 2007 Assembly election, [110] it stood 20 candidates with all 4 for each region, they finished 6th nationwide with 42,197 votes (4.3%). The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru came second to the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats came fourth having achieved 2.5 times the vote of the BNP and earning six seats. The BNP was the only minor party to save its deposits in the electoral regions with one in the North Wales region and the other in the South Wales West region.

In the 2011 election, the BNP stood 27 candidates – 7 for the constituencies and 20 for the additional regions in which there would be 4 candidates for each of the 5 regions. Two candidates, in Swansea East and Islwyn, respectively, saved their deposits for the first time ever in a Welsh Assembly constituency. Despite its hope to win an Assembly seat, the BNP's nationwide vote in the regions fell by 1.9% from 4.3% which it gained in the 2007 Assembly elections to 2.6% losing all regional deposits and being beaten by the Greens, the UKIP and even the Socialist Labour Party.

They did not run any candidates in the elections of 2016 or 2021.

Welsh Assembly election (3 May 2007)

Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Mid and West Wales 6,3892.9n/a
North Wales 9,9865.1n/a
South Wales Central 7,8993.8n/a
South Wales East 8,9404.7+2.8
South Wales West 8,9935.5n/a
Total42,1974.3+4.29

Source: BBC News [111]

Welsh Assembly election (5 May 2011)

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Alyn and Deeside Michael Joseph Whitby9594.2
Blaenau Gwent Brian Urch9484.7
Caerphilly Anthony King1,0224.0
Islwyn Peter Whalley1,1155.3
Neath Michael Green1,0044.2
Swansea East Joanne Shannon1,1025.8
Torfaen Sue Harwood9064.1
Total7,0560.7
Regional listsVotes %+/- %
Mid and West Wales 2,8211.3−1.6
North Wales 4,7052.5−2.6
South Wales Central 3,8051.8−2.0
South Wales East 6,4853.6−1.1
South Wales West 4,7143.1−2.5
Total22,6102.4-1.9

Source: BBC News [112]

Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly

Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly election, (5 May 2011)

The BNP stood 3 candidates for the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly elections for the first time. They did not run any in the 2016 or 2017 Assembly elections.

ConstituencyCandidate1st PrefResultCounts %+/- %
Belfast East Ann Cooper337Eliminated51.0n/a
East Antrim Steven Moore511Eliminated21.8n/a
South Antrim Stephen Parkes404Eliminated11.3n/a
Total1,2520.2n/a

Source: BBC News [113]

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